• Builds effective relationships through positive interaction and communication with the community, volunteers, and staff. Requires that all clinic staff utilize, appreciate, and welcome volunteer support.

Additional Tasks and Responsibilities

The following may be delegated to other clinic staff but direct veterinary involvement is still required:

• Assists in monitoring inventory and ordering of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals. Makes recommendations for medications and supplies that are within budget guidelines and suggests ways to save money in the veterinary clinic to help us save more animals.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from an accredited college or university. Veterinary medical experience, (preferably in an animal shelter setting) is recommended, but not required. New veterinary graduates will be considered. Possession of a current license to practice veterinary medicine in Missouri is required.

Environmental Adaptability

• Ability to work under potentially uncomfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as temperature variations, odors, noise, and wetness may be encountered and could potentially increase risk of injury.

• Tasks involve the ability to exert moderate but not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and lifting, carrying objects and animals of moderate weight.

CARE STL is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves as the established, official No-Kill animal shelter partner for the City of St. Louis Animal Care and Control. We provide animal regulation services and help the city enforce Title 10 of the City of St. Louis Ordinance relevant to animal care and control. CARE STL also applies and embraces the No-Kill equation and follows the guiding principles of no-kill shelters.CARE STL is comprised of a group of steadfast employees and dedicated volunteers who have worked at Animal Care and Control since August 2017. These group has been instrumental in keeping the City of St. Louis a no-kill shelter. Weng has been working with overseeing the management of the City of St. Louis Animal Care shelter since 2017, which resulted in a 94% life-saving rate. ?“Our mission focuses on the health and safety of the animals in our care, and we want to do it in a way that helps our two-legged community friends as well. We are focused on saving the animals of the City of St. Louis,” says Weng Horak, Founder, and CEO of CARE STL. “We’re here to help create a more caring community for the pets and people of the city by implementing lifesaving partnerships..., and community outreach programs,” says Horak.?CARE STL works with a network of community partners, like-minded rescue organizations, business sponsors, adopters, donors, and volunteers to advocate for animal welfare. To become involved with assisting CARE STL through a partnership or with the care of the shelter animals, call (314) 612-5311 or (314) 818-2000CARE STL will be focused exclusively on caring for our city’s animals from inhumane treatment and to protect the public from stray, and possibly dangerous animals.